A companion to Charles Dickens

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A companion to Charles Dickens

edited by David Paroissien

（Blackwell companions to literature and culture, [51]）

Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

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"This paperback edition first published 2011"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

A Companion to Charles Dickens concentrates on the historical, ideological, and social forces that defined Dickens's world. Puts Dickens's work into its literary, historical, and social contexts Traces the development of Dickens's career as a journalist and novelist Includes original essays by leading Dickensian scholars on each of Dickens's fifteen novels Explores a broad range of topics, including criticisms of his novels, the use of history and law in his fiction, language, and the effect of political and social reform Examines Dickens's legacy and surveys the mass of secondary materials that has been generated in response and reverence to his writing

目次

List of Illustrations viii Notes on Contributors ix Preface xiv Acknowledgments xvi Abbreviations xvii Part I Perspectives on the Life 1 1 A Sketch of the Life 3 Michael Allen 2 Dickens's Use of the Autobiographical Fragment 18 Nicola Bradbury 3 "Faithfully Yours, Charles Dickens": The Epistolary Art of the Inimitable 33 David Paroissien 4 Three Major Biographies 47 Catherine Peters Part II Literary/Cultural Contexts 63 5 The Eighteenth-century Legacy 65 Monika Fludernik 6 Dickens and the Gothic 81 Robert Mighall 7 Illustrations 97 Malcolm AndrewsCOPYRIGHTED MATERIAL 8 The Language of Dickens 126 Patricia Ingham 9 The Novels and Popular Culture 142 Juliet John Part III English History Contexts 157 10 Dickens as a Reformer 159 Hugh Cunningham 11 Dickens's Evolution as a Journalist 174 John M. L. Drew 12 Dickens and Gender 186 Natalie McKnight 13 Dickens and Technology 199 Trey Philpotts 14 Dickens and America (1842) 216 Nancy Aycock Metz 15 Dickens and Government Ineptitude Abroad, 1854-1865 228 Leslie Mitchell 16 Dickens and the Uses of History 240 John Gardiner 17 Dickens and Christianity 255 Valentine Cunningham 18 Dickens and the Law 277 Jan-Melissa Schramm Part IV The Fiction 295 19 The Pickwick Papers 297 David Parker 20 Oliver Twist 308 Brian Cheadle 21 Nicholas Nickleby 318 Stanley Friedman 22 The Old Curiosity Shop 328 Gill Ballinger 23 Barnaby Rudge 338 Jon Mee 24 Martin Chuzzlewit 348 Goldie Morgentaler 25 Dombey and Son 358 Brigid Lowe 26 David Copperfi eld 369 Gareth Cordery 27 Bleak House 380 Robert Tracy 28 Hard Times 390 Anne Humpherys 29 Little Dorrit 401 Philip Davis 30 A Tale of Two Cities 412 Paul Davis 31 Great Expectations 422 Andrew Sanders 32 Our Mutual Friend 433 Leon Litvack 33 The Mystery of Edwin Drood 444 Simon J. James Part V Reputation and Infl uence 453 34 Dickens and the Literary Culture of the Period 455 Michael Hollington 35 Dickens and Criticism 470 Lyn Pykett 36 Postcolonial Dickens 486 John O. Jordan Index 501

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